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At The George, October 28th @7:30 pm In the past five years, we have witnessed the rise of the far-right in Europe and beyond. The pinnacle of it all is, if you believe the telly, Greece. But is austerity and the 2008 financial … Continue reading →

At The George, November 25th @7:30 pm Professor Peter John will talk about his experiments with information, nudges and the internet, showing how small nudges can have large effects. Some of these are reported in his co-authored book, Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think, published by Bloomsbury. … Continue reading →

At The George, November 11th @7:30 pm Simon Singh, best-selling author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘The Code Book’, will discuss his forthcoming book ‘The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets’. He will explain how a team of mathematically gifted writers have covered everything … Continue reading →

At The George, September 24th @7:30 pm You must have a ticket to come to this event. There will be no tickets available on the door. Insults, threats and abuse have been hurled between trans activists and radical feminists for the past few … Continue reading →

At The George, September 4th @7:30 pm The structure of our waking hours is shaped almost entirely by science and technology. But in many ways, we are more and more distant from the physical world around us. How much … Continue reading →

At The George, August 14 @7:30 pm Sometime this century, humans will (attempt) to set foot on Mars. Apart from the technical challenges, the physical and psychological threats to the crew will be without precedent.Severe derangements of numerous physiological processes will … Continue reading →

At The George, 8 July 7:30 pm Barely a month goes by without a celebrity becoming the victim of “internet trolls”. But who are the trolls? And can we stop them while protecting free speech? Helen Lewis has seen some shit you … Continue reading →

At The George, June 27 @ 7:30 pm Tickets – http://sohojune.eventbrite.co.uk/ Paul A.Offit, M.D., is Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the Maurice R. … Continue reading →

The George, May 29th @ 7.30pm Sell Tickets through Eventbrite As tensions between the west and Kim Jong Un increase, Journalist and North Korea Watcher Alistair Coleman will be talking about the secretive kingdom and asking how much do we … Continue reading →